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BEMIDJI - A 28-year-old Bemidji man was arrested today on suspicion of assaulting his 3-month-old daughter last week. Roger Darrin Warner was arrested shortly after 1 p.m., according to Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp. The girl, injured while at a residence near Cass Lake, suffered serious injuries Jan. 2. In a news release, Hodapp said the girl remains in critical condition at a Fargo hospital. Investigators from Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal A...
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Roger Darrin Warner, 28 of Bemidji, was arrested shortly after 1PM on Monday January 9, 2012 for assault on his 3 month old daughter who remains in critical condition in a Fargo hospital. Investigators from Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have been working on this case since the initial call was received by law enforcement on January 2, 2012. The mother of the three month old initially brought the baby to Sanford Hospital Emergency Room with serious injuries from an apparent assault. The baby w...
Recent ice rescues of fisherman from floating ice sheets on lakes across Minnesota, and particularly in Beltrami County, have generated much conversation in our area. Among a variety of questions directed to me I’d like to explore the following: • Who bears the cost of rescue or recovery missions for people who take extraordinary risks? • And more directly: should policy be written to hold people accountable who put themselves at risk — fisherman on thin ice, hunters and hikers lost in the woods, ATV and snowmobile accidents or medical events...
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — An environmental SWAT team is assembling in Superior. Using information and education, staff at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve hope to positively impact the area and help people understand the consequences of their actions....
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012 – 3:00 PM ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AGENDA 1. Call to order. 2. Approval of agenda. 3. Superintendent’s Announcements A. Next school board meeting: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 – 2:00 PM 4. Action Items A. Negotiate. B. Resignation. 5. Miscellaneous 6. Adjournment....
Positions open for Beltrami County Parks and Trails Advisory Council FROM Beltrami County Natural Resource Management: Beltrami County Parks and Trails Advisory Council Beltrami County is seeking individuals interested in serving on the Parks and Trails Advisory Council. The Council has openings for members representing the following interests: • Tourism • Parks/Recreation • General at-large The purpose of the Council is to consider and provide input on long range work plans for recreational activities/facilities and natural resource manag...
The dismal statistics are too familiar: American Indian students' test scores lag behind those of their white peers, their dropout rates are higher and alcohol abuse is more frequent. On Monday, Gov. Mark Dayton kicked off the first Governor's American Indian Education summit to tackle the vexing issues. "Something is missing," Dayton said at the opening of the daylong meeting. "Something is either not there that should be there or is there and is being misdirected, and that's the purpose of this summit." While the gubernatorial imprimatur on...
Individuals seeking to burn materials will need to apply for a burning permit through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Permits can be written for all day and can be approved for up to three days. Once there is 3 inches of continuous snow coverage it will no longer be necessary to issue burning permits, Beryl Wernberg, the 911 Communications Supervisor/Emergency Management Director for Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office, said in a press release....
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - For the first time since 1927, the federal government has changed its definition of rape for nationwide data collection; thus ensuring that rape will be accurately reported nationwide. These changes were announced Friday morning by the Obama administration at a press conference. The change sends an important message to all victims that what happens to them matters, and to perpetrators that they will be held accountable. It was because of the voices of survivors, advocates, law enforcement personnel and many others...
WASHINGTON—National crime statistics already indicate that 1 in 3 American Indian women will be raped in their lifetimes, but new clarification from the Obama administration on the definition of rapes that affect women, men, and children indicate that the daunting numbers may only be telling a sliver of the story. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/09/rape-data-for-indian-country-has-failed-to-capture-complete-picture-71295 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/09/rape-data-for-indian-cou...
In mid-December Red Lake and Cass Lake-Bena staged one of their classic offensive battles and the Warriors eventually prevailed 112-107 in overtime. Friday night the rematch will be held in Cass Lake as the 9-1 Panthers entertain the 8-3 Warriors in the second half of a girls-boys basketball doubleheader. The evening begins at 5 p.m. with the girls game. Cass Lake-Bena and Red Lake both are in action Tuesday as the Panthers host Pine River and the Warriors visit Nevis. Red Lake posted three victories last week, stopping Blackduck 80-65, Fond...
The legacy of Pazahiyayewin (She Shall Radiate In Her Path Like the Sun) lives on in the lives of her descendents. “We are strong women,” Margaret Kitto Butz, great-granddaughter of Pazahiyayewin, asserted to her own granddaughter, Alice Storey. “We are the descendents of Mazaadidi (Walks on Water) and Pazahiyayewin, who suffered and survived the harsh winter of 1862.” Mazaadidi escaped execution at the stockade prison in Davenport, Iowa, with a stay of execution by President Lincoln. Pazahiy...
College-level courses in Minnesota high schools used to be reserved for the top ranks of students, but that's changing as more students seek to cash in on programs that will save them on tuition bills later....
Federal authorities in Minnesota are lowering the boom on a large group of individuals from the Twin Cities suspected of identity theft, bank fraud and money laundering activities that spread out to at least a dozen states and stole at least $2 million....
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2011—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must be built to meet the evolving needs of a 21st century agricultural economy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday in presenting USDA’s Blueprint for Stronger Service, a plan that helps producers continue to drive America’s economy by streamlining operations and cutting costs. “The USDA, like families and businesses across the country, cannot continue to operate like we did 50 years ago,” said Vilsack. “We must innovate, modernize, and be better stewards of the taxp...
(St. Paul, MN – January 6, 2012) - The Bush Foundation announced today that President Peter Hutchinson has resigned and will transition from his leadership role with the Foundation in January of 2012. After joining the Foundation in November of 2007, Hutchinson led a dramatic redesign of the organization and its work. He will serve in an advisory capacity on select Foundation initiatives. “Peter Hutchinson brought exactly what the Bush Foundation sought in moving from a responsive grantmaker toward proactive funding to achieve specific str...
After dismissing multiple American Indian childhood-sexual-abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church, the Supreme Court of South Dakota has allowed one suit to go forward. In the civil complaint—named R.B.O., after the initials of one of the eight Native Americans who brought it—the plaintiffs allege they were sexually molested and assaulted while minors at St. Joseph’s Indian Mission School, on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, in South Dakota. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/09/south-dakota-h...
The biological father of a 2-year-old Cherokee girl, who was adopted by non-Native parents in 2009, has regained custody. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/09/biological-father-regains-custody-of-two-year-old-cherokee-daughter-in-adoption-battle-71309 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/09/biological-father-regains-custody-of-two-year-old-cherokee-daughter-in-adoption-battle-71309#ixzz1j3x7sZQe...
Matt and Melanie Capobianco have spoken to their 2-year-old daughter only once in the week since a stranger put her in a pickup truck and drove 1,100 miles away....
